Objectives: We evaluated the virological response in patients starting a regimen based on darunavir/ritonavir (DRV/r), which is currently the most widely used ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor. Methods: Data from 206 drug-naïve and 327 PI-experienced patients starting DRV/r 600/100 mg twice daily (DRV600) or 800/100 mg once daily (DRV800) were examined. The probabilities of virological success (VS) and virological rebound (VR) were evaluated in survival analyses. Baseline DRV/r resistance and its evolution at failure were also examined. Results: DRV600 was preferentially administered in patients with complex requirements (older age, higher viraemia, lower CD4 cell count and DRV/PI resistance) compared with DRV800. By 12 months, the probability of achieving VS was 93.2% and 84.3% in drug-naïve and PI-experienced patients, respectively. The higher the baseline viraemia, the longer was the time required to achieve VS, both in drug-naïve patients [>500 000 HIV-1 RNA copies/mL: median [interquartile range (IQR)] 6.1 (5.1–10.3) months; 100 000–500 000 copies/mL: median (IQR) 4.9 (3.8–6.1) months; <100 000 copies/mL: median (IQR) 3.9 (3.5–4.8) months; P < 0.001] and in PI-experienced patients [≥100 000 copies/mL: median (IQR) 7.2 (5.7–11.6) months; <100 000 copies/mL: median (IQR) 2.8 (2.4–3.3) months; P < 0.001]. In PI-experienced patients, the probability of VR was higher for higher viraemia levels (22.3% for ≥100 000 copies/ml vs. 9.7% for <100 000 copies/mL; P = 0.007). Baseline resistance did not affect the virological response. At failure, a high percentage of patients maintained virus susceptible to all PIs (drug-naïve: 95%; PI-experienced: 80%). Despite being used more often in patients with more complex requirements, DRV600 performed as well as DRV800. Conclusions: In clinical practice, use of DRV/r (with its flexible dosage) results in high rates of virological response. These data support the use of PI/r in patients whose characteristics require potent drugs with a high genetic barrier.
Virological response and resistance profile in HIV-1-infected patients starting darunavir-containing regimens / Armenia, D.; Di Carlo, D.; Maffongelli, G.; Borghi, V.; Alteri, C.; Forbici, F.; Bertoli, A.; Gori, C.; Giuliani, M.; Nicastri, E.; Zaccarelli, M.; Pinnetti, C.; Cicalini, S.; D'Offizi, G.; Ceccherini-Silberstein, F.; Mussini, C.; Antinori, A.; Andreoni, M.; Perno, C. F.; Santoro, M. M.. - In: HIV MEDICINE. - ISSN 1464-2662. - 18:1(2017), pp. 21-32. [10.1111/hiv.12388]
Data di pubblicazione: | 2017 | |
Titolo: | Virological response and resistance profile in HIV-1-infected patients starting darunavir-containing regimens | |
Autore/i: | Armenia, D.; Di Carlo, D.; Maffongelli, G.; Borghi, V.; Alteri, C.; Forbici, F.; Bertoli, A.; Gori, C.; Giuliani, M.; Nicastri, E.; Zaccarelli, M.; Pinnetti, C.; Cicalini, S.; D'Offizi, G.; Ceccherini-Silberstein, F.; Mussini, C.; Antinori, A.; Andreoni, M.; Perno, C. F.; Santoro, M. M. | |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hiv.12388 | |
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Volume: | 18 | |
Fascicolo: | 1 | |
Pagina iniziale: | 21 | |
Pagina finale: | 32 | |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000389310600003 | |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-84976889258 | |
Codice identificativo Pubmed: | 27353061 | |
Citazione: | Virological response and resistance profile in HIV-1-infected patients starting darunavir-containing regimens / Armenia, D.; Di Carlo, D.; Maffongelli, G.; Borghi, V.; Alteri, C.; Forbici, F.; Bertoli, A.; Gori, C.; Giuliani, M.; Nicastri, E.; Zaccarelli, M.; Pinnetti, C.; Cicalini, S.; D'Offizi, G.; Ceccherini-Silberstein, F.; Mussini, C.; Antinori, A.; Andreoni, M.; Perno, C. F.; Santoro, M. M.. - In: HIV MEDICINE. - ISSN 1464-2662. - 18:1(2017), pp. 21-32. [10.1111/hiv.12388] | |
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